Jealous Guy; John Lennon

The third song of the most acclamed Lennon's solo album, Imagine, was composed in 1968, when The Beatles was in India. Inspired by a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Lennon composed it for the White Album but the song wasn't sellected. He named it then “Child of Nature”. Later, he changed the lyrics by the known “Jealous Guy”.

With these new lyrics Lennon asked Yoko Ono to forgive his jealousy. With his first wife, Cynthia Powell, he had this kind of problems and it wasn't different with Ono. About Powell I found this: “Lennon's jealousy could manifest itself in violent behavior towards her, as when he slapped her across the face (hitting her head against the wall) the day after he saw her dancing with Stuart Sutcliffe. She broke up with Lennon for three months, but resumed their relationship after Lennon's profuse apology.” About Ono, this: “(The song) said it all! ... After we got together he made me write out a list of all the men I'd slept with before we met. I started to do it quite casually — then I realised how serious it was to John. He didn't even like me speaking Japanese because that was a part of my mind that shut him out.” And that’s all, folks!

As usual, below I put the lyrics, the song, the video and the indian guru’s pic. ^^

I was dreaming of the past,
And my heart was beating fast,
I began to lose control,
I began to lose control,

I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.

I was feeling insecure,
You might not love me anymore,
I was shivering inside,
I was shivering inside,

I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.

(whistling)

I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.

I was tryin' to catch your eye,
Thought that you was tryin' to hide,
I was swallowing my pain,
I was swallowing my pain,

I didn't mean to hurt you,
I'm sorry that I made you cry,
I didn't want to hurt you,
I'm just a jealous guy.

I'm just a jealous guy,
I'm just a jealous guy,
I'm just a jealous guy.

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